This paper mache Easter basket is a really fun way to create your own unique shaped basket to decorate your home for the Easter holiday.

You can create any shape bowl you wish, simply choose a kitchen bowl that has the desired shape. It’s a messy project but kids will love to get their hands dirty too in the process.

Supplies:

Bowl

Newspaper

Spring colored tissue paper

Plastic Wrap

Flour and water

Scissors

Mix one part water with one part flour in a separate bowl.

Wrap your bowl in plastic wrap

Cut up strips of newspaper

Dip the newspaper strips into the glue mixture and then onto the wrapped bowl. Be prepared for messy! I placed an tablecloth underneath. You’ll want to cover the bowl 3 times, with the last coat in printer paper to give is a stiffer finish.

Cover the whole bowl with the tissue paper. Because it’s more delicate than newspaper, don’t dip the paper in the glue the way you did before. Just brush a little glue on and then stick the paper on top otherwise the paper will fall apart.

Let the bowl dry completey, for at least 24 hrs, before trying to remove the inner kitchen bowl. It will be easier to first pull the plastic wrap, cutting the inside plastic wrap off, from the kitchen bowl before trying to take the paper mache bowl off. You might need a butter knife to help with this process.

Born and raised a New Yorker, but now happy to call the fairytale city of San Francisco home with her husband and son, Liz blogs daily about beautiful things and creations over at Say Yes when she's not digging for treasures at local thrift stores, working on a new craft, or picnicing in Golden Gate Park. On the weekends, she loves to spend time with her outdoors enthusiast family, traveling and backpacking through the West's mountains and deserts.